Description: This book argues the Anti-Imperialist movement, led by the Anti-Imperialist League, followed an evolving path of ethical witnessing where leaders empathically considered the perspective of imperialist violence in the Philippines as expressed by marginalized ant-imperialists.
Review Quotes:
"Erin Murphy has delivered a historical tour de force that challenges the erasure of Black women, Black men, Filipino/as, and White women from the anti-imperialist movement. Far from being simply a narrative about the past, however, the book is vital reading for anyone who wishes to understand and resist imperialist aggression in the present. Murphy convincingly demonstrates that what we deny about our past not only empowers political divisions in the present, but also limits our imaginative capacities as to how ordinary people bearing 'ethical witness' can drive transformative social change." --Zine Magubane, Boston College
"In this insightful, heartbreaking, yet hopeful work, Erin Murphy uses the United States' imperial history in the Philippines to ask how everyday citizens can resist and stand witness to atrocities committed in their name. This book is a monument to careful historical research done in the service of urgent present-day questions." --Nicholas Wilson, Stony Brook University